This Monday at noon in Washington (6 p.m. in Belgium), Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, the first to have been criminally convicted. A return all the more striking given that the billionaire appeared inaccessible at the end of his first term at the White House (2017-2021), when his electoral defeat degenerated into an assault by his supporters on the Capitol.
From 200,000 to 250,000 curious people were initially expected at the transfer of power ceremony with Joe Biden. But there will undoubtedly be fewer of them given the warnings issued, even within the ranks of the 78-year-old elected president, not to come and defy the wave of polar cold predicted by the weather forecast.
The mercury could drop below -5°C, which is why the inauguration was moved to the rotunda of the Capitol, instead of being held on the steps of the headquarters of Congress.
Donald Trump broke with tradition by inviting several foreign leaderslike the Chinese president Xi Jinpingwho will be represented. The guests are mostly from authoritarian or far-right currents, like the Argentine president Javier Miley or the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.
-Le president du Vlaams Belang Tom Van Grieken (member of the delegation of the far-right European party PfE) and MEP N-VA Assita Kanko (member of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the United States) will also be there.
Former presidents will be accompanied by their ‘first ladies’, except Michelle Obama. As for tech billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos et Mark Zuckerbergthey will confirm by their presence their allegiance to the new president. Shou Chew, the boss of TikTok, will also be there, already grateful to the new president that he is suspending legislation that bothers him.
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